Tine 2.0 Newsfeed

New service release packages available for August

p.schuele@metaways.de — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:00:00 +0100

This service release fixes some minor bugs. Have a look at the changelog to see which issues have been addressed.

We are at the moment working on the new mainscreen layout, implementing some calendar improvements and tuning the email client. A beta version of the next release should be available in two or three weeks.

Tine 2.0 at the "Chemnitzer Linux-Tage" (Germany)

c.weiss@metaways.de — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:45:00 +0100

For laymen, users and experts, the "Chemnitzer Linux-Tage" from 13th to 14th March present information around the topics Linux and Open Source.

The development team of Tine 2.0 "Open Source Groupware and CRM" will be available with an own project booth for presenting the software and to give information about the current project state.

Moreover, a talk about the particular usability of Tine 2.0 will be given by Lars Kneschke, Team Leader Business Solutions at Metaways Infosystems GmbH.

First milestone for Mialena (2010/03) released

p.schuele@metaways.de — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:42:00 +0100

We just finished working on the first milestone of the upcoming "Mialena" (2010/03) release. You can download or test it right now if you like.

Here are some of the new features:

- Drag and drop in the standard grids for moving records to another container (Addressbook, Tasks, CRM, Calendar)

- Copy button to duplicate records (Addressbook and Timetracker)

- Map panel (Addressbook) to display contact addresses (uses OpenStreetMap)

- more preferences (logout confirmation, used export configs, ...)

- suggest values for custom fields (with typeahead combobox)

- booking deadline for timesheets

- and more ... (see changelog)

we hope you will enjoy this release and provide us with feedback.

This release is not considered stable so you should not use it for production.

Revision 3 of 'August' available for download

p.schuele@metaways.de — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:42:00 +0100

This service release fixes some minor bugs. Have a look at the changelog to see which issues have been addressed.

If you like, you can join the exciting discussion about the upcoming mock-up changes in our forum.

Additionally, we plan to provide packages of the first milestone of the next release in a few days. It comes with drag & drop of contacts, leads and tasks, a new map panel in the addressbook and copy functionality for records. stay tuned!

New 'August' packages available in download area

p.schuele@metaways.de — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:20:00 +0100

We spent the last week fixing minor bugs and glitches in the current August release and are proud to say that Tine 2.0 now is more stable than ever. Google Chrome support has been improved and a new language (norwegian) has been added.

Just hop over to the download area and get your new version today!

Tine 2.0 "August (2009/11)" released

c.weiss@metaways.de — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:56:00 +0100

Hamburg - 2009/12/09

The Tine 2.0 project released its next major version "August (2009/11)". Packages for public download and an online demo have been deployed on the project's page.

Focus of the new version are the extensions of the reporting and analysis functions in the CRM module and improved calendar functions. Moreover, many users are likely to be positively assessed, that Tine 2.0 now can operate as an OpenId Provider. In total the Changelog lists over 150 new features and improvements.

Highlights - CRM module:

Similar to address book, calendar and time-tracker, the CRM Lead Manager is now equipped with a preview panel. Details and additional information of selected leads are directly displayed without the need for the leads to be opened. If no lead is selected, the software displays statistics for all the leads of the selected filter in the form of pie charts.

The search and filter functions have been equipped with special filters to find leads of certain products or contact types. These lead filters are part of the general filtering logic of Tine 2.0 and can be used to create storeable dynamic lists.

With the enhanced export functions, leads can now be exported directly into existing Microsoft Excel® spreadsheets. Thus, predefined reports, which can be filled with selected data by Tine 2.0, can now be made available for the entire enterprise.

Highlights - Calendar:

Within the calendar system enterprise resources, such as company cars or meeting rooms, can now be scheduled. These are managed in their own calendars and can be booked directly in combination with appointments.

When creating and moving events, the calendar checks the availability of participants and gives conflict warnings when they are not available. Additionally the possibility to define events as non-blocking has been added.

The calendar events for which the user wants to be informed can now be configured individually. For example, it is possible to only get notifications about invitations and cancellations or time changes of events. Layout and content of the notification messages have been optimized so that relevant changes can be recognized by the user at a glance.

Highlights in the core:

Tine 2.0 can be configured as an openID provider. With this, users only have to remember a single username / password combination to authenticate themselves at different web services.

The user interface has been further optimized using the results of the systematically user tests carried out within the framework of user-centered development of Tine 2.0.

The performance of the Tine 2.0 email client has been significantly improved. Automatic updates of the caches and deleting emails are now done in the background, while the user can work undisturbed. If the Firefox plugin Callout is installed, notifications about new emails are shown prominently.

Many libraries have been updated, for example the 3.0x version of ExtJS and the 1.9x version of Zend Framework are now in use.

Release Candidate 1 for Tine 2.0 "August (2009/11)" available

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:28:00 +0100

Hamburg - 2009/12/01

Release Candidate 1 for Tine 2.0 "August (2009/11)" available

The Tine 2.0 project releases the first release candidate for its next major version "August (2009/11)". An online demo for testing this development version has been deployed on the project's page.

Thanks to the communities good beta phase participation, the Tine 2.0 project is able to publish its first release candidate after a relatively short beta period.

This release candidate has no new features, but comes with some improvements and bug-fixes as well as updated translations. The list of changes can be found in the changelog.

Everyone is invited to download and test the packages and to provide feedback in the projects forums. It has to be emphasized that the packages are still meant for testing only and not for productive usage.

If no critical bugs are found in this version, the final release will be published on the eighth of december.

The Tine 2.0 project asks the community to actively test this release candidate. Users having a mother-tongue not yet fully supported by Tine 2.0 are hearty invited to provide translations in their language.

First beta version for Tine 2.0 "August (2009/11)" released

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:35:00 +0100

Hamburg - 2009/11/20

The new version comes with a lot of detail improvements in the calendar, email and CRM lead manager modules.

A complete list of enhancements and highlights as well as bug fixes can be found in the changelog.

This version includes all features scheduled for the final release. As of now, the project begins the so called 'feature freeze'. As such only bug-fixes and translations could be added till the final release.

Everyone is invited to download and test the packages and to provide feedback in the projects forums. It has to be emphasized that the packages are of beta quality and are meant for testing only and not for productive usage.

If no critical bugs are found in this beta, the first release candidate will be released on the 26'th of november.

The Tine 2.0 project asks the community to actively test this beta version. Users having a mother-tongue not yet fully supported by Tine 2.0 are hearty invited to provide translations in their language.

Tine 2.0 August (2009/11) Milestone 1 Released

c.weiss@metaways.de — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:40:00 +0200

The Tine 2.0 project published the first milestone for its release "August (2009/11)" which is planned to be published in November this year. Packages of this trial version can now be downloaded on the project page www.tine20.org.

"This milestone comes with some minor improvements in the calendar and e-mail module. The biggest changes are found under the hood. We have updated our base libraries Zend Framework and ExtJS to their newest versions."
Says Philipp Schüle, Tine 2.0 Developer at Metaways and father of August, who gave his name as an eponym for the next release.

The trial version is aimed primarily for Tine 2.0 enthusiasts and developers of external modules. The updates brought large changes in the framework, so that the project decided to provide a test platform early.

One of the minor improvements is that Tine 2.0 now manages e-mail attributes of user objects. This can be done either in SQL or LDAP. Moreover, the software now manages IMAP Mailboxes: Mailboxes are automatically created or deleted when users are created or deleted. Tine 2.0 currently supports this only for dbmail. Support for Cyrus and Dovecot is planned.

The calendar now warns if invited participants are not available for the requested time. In addition to users and contacts it is now possible to invite resources, such as meeting rooms, and user groups. In case of changes in the composition of groups over the lifetime of an event (e.g. a weekly meeting) the group members are automatically invited or get their meeting canceled by the calendar system.

For a complete list of changes see the changelog.

For the second milestone the Tine 2.0 project will focus primarily on improving the CRM module. In addition to some refinements especially the filter and reporting features are planned to be enhanced.

Tine 2.0 "Leonie (2009/07)" released

c.weiss@metaways.de — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:40:00 +0200

Hamburg - 2009/08/05
The Tine 2.0 project releases its next major version "Leonie (2009/07)". Packages for public download and an online demo have been deployed on the project's page.

With the new modules 'Calendar' and 'Email' the project completes its GroupWare stack (Addressbook, Tasks, Email and Calendar) with their "Leonie (2009/07)" version.

The new Calendar module supports an arbitrary number of public and private Calendars. The access grants to each and any calendar could be fully adopted on a individual basis. Contacts from the addressbook could be invited to events as well as user accounts. For recurring events, attendee have the freedom to accept or decline invitations even on a single instance basis.

The user-interface of the new calendar is capable to move events per drag&drop as well as raise new events or adopt durations with a single mouse click. Thanks to the consistent implementation in the users browser, the user-interface ensures a desktop-class user experience.

In the new email program, users could include multiple IMAP accounts. The client supports advanced filters and is capable to administrate IMAP folders directly from the users interface. Tine 2.0 does not provide an own mail-server component, but works together with any standard conform IMAP and SMTP server.

Starting with the new version, the ActiveSync service of Tine 2.0 now also supports calendars and tasks. As an outstanding feature, this ActiveSync service has the capability for PUSH actions. With this, for example a newly created event will be pushed immediately to all mobile phones of an organization. A manual or interval synchronisation is not longer needed.

A complete list of further enhancements and highlights as well as bug fixes can be found in the changelog.